Word: alcala
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...unfair pressure applied on him by Howard W. Davis, general manager of the Coop. The National Labor Relations Board began an investigation of the Coop last fall after union organizers complained they were being "harassed" by Coop security guards. A group of local Chicano students led by Carlos M. Alcala, a third-year law student, in April called the Coop "racist" for refusing to discontinue the sale of Farah slacks. Farah is the object of a nation-wide boycott organized by employees who seek to unionize Farah's main plant--whose workers are primarily Chicanos--in El Paso, Texas...
Employees of the Farah Pant Company have been on strike in El Paso, Texas, since May. Over 80 per cent of them are Mexican-Americans, Carlos Alcala, a first year law student and a spokesman for the Movimento Estudiantil Chicano De Aztlan (MECDA), said yesterday...
...Alcala said that the Coop had reneged on an earlier agreement not to sell Farah pants, and that their recent decision represented a reveral of policy...
...Alcala said that his organization has been working closely with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) which has been trying to organize the Farah workers. He said MECDA is considering running a pro-union slate in the next Coop elections...
MECDA's exact plans will be worked out next week, and may include a consumer information campaign, Alcala said...